The Red Chapel, also Annakapelle, was built in honor of St. Anna on the Blumenberg am Lindchen and recalls the witch hunt in the Wildenburger Land 1613-1652.

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June 3, 2021

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Saint Anne is the mother of Mary, the mother of God, who is not attested in the biblical texts, i.e. the grandmother of Jesus Christ. However, it is mentioned in …

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February 8, 2018

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At this chapel women outlawed as witches from 1613-1652 were executed as part of the Wildenburg witch trials. The linden tree is supposed to remind of this atrocity.

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Location: Friesenhagen, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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